Countries, Nationalities and Languages in English
This chart shows the Country, Language and Nationality of some countries from around the world.
DID YOU KNOW? Demonym is another name for Nationality – demos (Greek for populace) and onym (suffix for ‘name’)
- Language and nationality names are often, but not always similar. For example: French – the language, and French the nationality are the same in the case of France.. However, English – the language, and American – the nationality are not the same in the case of The United States.
- All countries, languages and nationalities are always capitalized in English. This is because country, language and nationality names are proper names of countries, languages and nationalities.
All country names are unique, otherwise there would be confusion about where you were.
Nationality Pronunciation | Country | Language | Nationality |
One syllable | |||
France | French | French | |
Greece | Greek | Greek | |
ends in ‘-ish’ | |||
Britain | English | British | |
Denmark | Danish | Danish | |
Finland | Finnish | Finnish | |
Poland | Polish | Polish | |
Spain | Spanish | Spanish | |
Sweden | Swedish | Swedish | |
Turkey | Turkish | Turkish | |
ends in ‘-an’ | |||
Germany | German | German | |
Mexico | Spanish | Mexican | |
The United States | English | American | |
ends in ‘-ian’ or ‘-ean’ | |||
Australia | English | Australian | |
Brazil | Portuguese | Brazilian | |
Egypt | Arabic | Egyptian | |
Jordan | Arabic | Jordanian | |
Hungary | Hungarian | Hungarian | |
Korea | Korean | Korean | |
Russia | Russian | Russian | |
ends in ‘-ese’ | |||
China | Chinese | Chinese | |
Japan | Japanese | Japanese | |
Sudan | Arabic | Sudanese |
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